Tectonic Fiend
Time Spiral 181 • uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Collector number
- 181
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
Echo 4 generic mana red mana red mana (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
This creature attacks each combat if able.
The barbarians of Pardia are long dead, but its mountains still smolder with rage.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tectonic Fiend was released in 2006 as part of the Time Spiral expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed as a love letter to the game's history, featuring numerous mechanical callbacks and references to the first decade of the franchise. It was manufactured by Wizards of the Coast as a middle-tier red creature card, intended to embody the chaotic and destructive themes common to the game's fire-aligned color identity.
The card’s illustration was provided by artist Dave Kendall, who utilized his signature gritty, atmospheric style to depict the elemental entity. The design sought to visually represent geological instability, aligning with the card's mechanical ability to punish players for holding excess land cards. Upon release, the card was widely received as a functional, flavor-rich inclusion for draft environments and casual play, cementing its place as a representative artifact of the set's nostalgia-focused era.
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